# affiliate-disclosure-compliance

Audits influencer and affiliate content against FTC, UK CAP, and EU disclosure rules. Generates pass/fail compliance reviews and fixed wording.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 13000 installs · ★ 2
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance

## What it does

The skill audits creator posts, video scripts, audio transcripts, screenshots, or live URLs. It begins with a step-by-step interview to determine the audience jurisdiction (US, UK, or EU member states), commercial relationship type, and publication status. The content is then tested against FTC standards (16 CFR 255 and 465), the UK CAP Code, and European directives like UCPD and DSA.

The output delivers a strict pass or fail breakdown with replacement wording and layout corrections. When legal ambiguity appears, the skill marks it inline as `[COUNSEL: <question>]` rather than guessing what a regulator would decide.

This tool focuses solely on individual content assets. It does not draft affiliate program terms or contract clauses, which require separate review.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill affiliate-disclosure-compliance -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill affiliate-disclosure-compliance -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill affiliate-disclosure-compliance -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/partnerships-skills affiliate-disclosure-compliance
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill affiliate-disclosure-compliance -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --path skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill affiliate-disclosure-compliance -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/affiliate-disclosure-compliance/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit affiliate disclosures in captions and video scripts before publication
- rewrite non-compliant disclosure wording to meet FTC or CAP rules
- build a remediation plan for live partner posts that violate disclosure standards
- flag regulatory ambiguities for legal counsel using inline tags

## Example prompts
- Check this Instagram caption against FTC affiliate disclosure rules before we publish
- Review our influencer video script and add disclosure phrasing for UK and EU audiences
- Audit this live partner review URL and show how to remediate missing ad tags

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: affiliate-disclosure-compliance
description: Check a specific piece of affiliate or influencer content (caption, video script, transcript, screenshot, or live URL) against disclosure regulations and return a pass/fail compliance review with placement, wording, and per-format fixes. Covers FTC affiliate disclosure (16 CFR 255 and 465), UK CAP/CMA rules, EU UCPD and DSA, and German, French and Italian overlays, pre-publication or already live. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate disclosure, FTC disclosure, paid partnership labeling, sponsored content, ad tags, or a partner post that may be missing or burying its disclosure, even if they never say compliance. Reviews content only - for disclosure clauses inside program terms use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-program-terms.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.1.8"
---

# Affiliate Disclosure Compliance

Check one piece of affiliate or influencer content against disclosure regulations and return a compliance review: pass/fail per requirement, with placement, wording, and per-format fixes. Built for program managers reviewing partner and creator content before publication, and remediating what is already live. The legal basis is the FTC's clear-and-conspicuous standard (16 CFR 255.0(f)), CAP Code rule 2.1, the UCPD, and national overlays; the checklist itself is this skill's own working tool, not an official named framework.

## A Compliance Review, Not Legal Advice

1. State before reviewing anything: "This is a compliance review against published regulator rules, not legal advice. Counsel owns the legal call; this review finds what counsel and regulators would find."
2. Mark every counsel-grade ambiguity inline with `[COUNSEL: <question>]`, attached to the affected finding, never pooled at the end of the report.
3. Always escalate: whether the poster is a "trader" under EU law, regulated verticals (health, finance, alcohol, gambling), children's audiences, active regulator contact, and any market not covered by the references.
4. Repeat the disclaimer with the delivered report; instruct the user to keep every marker until counsel resolves it.

Ambiguity flagged inline stays attached to the evidence that raised it; a footer disclaimer gets skimmed past and the nuance is lost.

## Interview

Ask one question per message; offer multiple-choice answers; skip anything already answered or evident from the artefact.
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